Reversible window-shade carrier.



P. d. BRITTING. REVERSIBLE WINDOW SHADHGARBIER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1909,

Patented Sept-21. 19.09.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

ANDREW. a. GRAHAM co, Pumo-umucmmzns. WAsnmGfoN. I:v c4

I F. C. BRITT-ING. REVERSIBLE WINDOW SHADE CARRIER. 'APPLIOATIOI TILEDMAY 18, 1909.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

a a 5mm W W I 1 WW gaw ANDREW B. anmm 00.. ruoro-umoslwnsns. WASHINGYDN.D, c.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFTE,.

FRANCIS C. BRITTING, OF GERMANIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

REVERSIBLE WINDOV-SHADE CARRIER.

Application filed May 18, 1909.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS C. BRITTING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Germania, in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ReversiblelVindow-Shade- Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates primarily to windowshade carriers, has especialreference to the brackets used in connection therewith, and consists incertain improvements in construction whereby the number of parts arereduced to a. minimum by making the brackets reversible so that theupper fixed bracket can be used as a right and left inside and outsidebracket, and the sliding bracket can be used as a right and leftbracket, thus reducing the number of dies required for manufacturing thebrackets and the consequent cost thereof, and the necessity for carryingin stock the several types of brackets now required to supply the trade.

The invention will be fully disclosed in the following specification andclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification:Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a window-frame provided with ashade supported on my improved brackets. Fig. 2 a side levation thereof.Fig. 3 a like view of the opposite side. Fig. 4; a detail on an enlargedscale. Fig. 5 a plan view of the top or fixed bracket. Fig. 6 aperspective of the same on an enlarged scale, showing the pulley indotted lines. Fig. 7 a plan view of the sliding bracket or shadecarrier. Fig. 8 a like view of the same in reversed position. Fig. 9 aperspective of the lower fixed bracket, and Fig. 10 a top plan view ofthe sliding bracket.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating charactersthereon, the numeral 1 indicates a window-frame, 2 a window-shade, and 3and 4 the rods on which the shade is guided in its vertical adjustment.Said rods are supported at their upper ends on the fixed reversiblebrackets 5, 6, and on Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1909.

Serial No. 496,814.

the lower fixed brackets 7, 8, secured to the window-frame in the usualmanner, preferably by screws.

The reversible brackets 5, (3, being exact duplicates of each other usedin reverse po sition, the description of one applies equally to theother. In the body 9 of the bracket is an opening 10, having laterallyextending side walls 11, 12,. in which the pulley 13, in said opening;is supported on a transverse pin let, and the side walls extend beyondthe periphery of the pulley on each end thereof to prevent theshade-cords running off the pulley. The bracket is provided; with anattaching base or foot 14 by which it is sccured to the face of thewindow-frame, and

with screw-holes 15 for securingthe bracket to the inside of awindow-frame when required. At each end of the bracket is a laterallyext-ending flange 16 provided with an o Jenni -'17 for the assage of oneof the rods 4,, the rod extending through both flanges inside of thepulley to reduce the vibration of the rod and resting upon theupperflange when the bracket is in position on the outside of thewindow-frame, thus bringing the rod near the frame and reducing thevibration of the rod and the strain on the screws by which the bracketis secured, by distributing the torsional strain of the rod upon bothflanges. Each flange 16 is provided with a finger or cord-guard 18 whichprojects toward or approximately over and under the center of the pulley18 respectively between the shade raising and lowering cords 19, 20, toprevent the cords, should they become twisted, from running on thepulley in their twisted condition and clogging the pulley anddisarranging the shade on the rods 3, 4. The flanges 16, are the depthof the flanges or walls 11, 12, which extend beyond the pulley 13 andtogether form a seat or bearing for the bracket when it is used on theinside of a window-frame The bracket described is reversible to be usedupon either side of the face "of a window-frame, and for use inside theframe when required.

21 indicates the reversible sliding bracket or shade-carrier which isdesigned to be used as a right and a left hand bracket on both sides ofthe window-frame and both ends of the shade. In the body of the bracketis a rectangular slot 22, preferably at an angle approximately as shownto receive the spur 23 of the shade-roller 24, and with a slot 25outside and extending beyond both ends of the slot 22 and provided withseats 26, 26, at the ends thereof, to receive the pin 27 of theshade-roller 24, according to the position of the bracket or carrier 21on the rods 3, 4, whether right or left.

The slot is preferably contracted slightly at 28, to cause the pin 27,to pass through it tightly and prevent its jumping out or beingdisplaced as the shade is being raised. 29, 29

are flanges on said bracket, provided with openings 30, 30 through whichthe shadecord extends, and is secured in the lower flange, as shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3. The bracket is also provided with openings 31, 31, onone edge thereof which engage the rods 8, 4L, and the body of thebracket extends laterally from one side of the rod as shown.

The several brackets'are preferably made of sheet steel pressed intoform by suitable dies, thereby gaining the greatest strength with theleast weight.

It is obvious that changes in the form of the brackets may be madewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

The operating cord can be changed from one side of the window frame orone end of the window shade, by simply releasing or disengaging the cordon the side to which it has been attached and transferring it to theopposite side and applying the cord to the movable bracket and runningit over the fixed bracket at the top of the frame without making anychange in the latter bracket.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Areversible bracket for the purpose described, provided with a shade-cordpulley, guards on the bracket at both ends of the pulley, and flanges atthe upper and lower ends of the bracket provided with openings toreceive a rod and with integral fingers or cord-guards above and belowthe pulley; in combination with a rod extending through both of saidflanges.

integral fingers or cord-guards extending across the pulley, and anattaching base or foot on one side of the bracket; in combination with arod extending through 'both of said flanges.

In testimony in presence of two witnesses. FRANCIS C. BRITTING.

l/Vitnesses D. C. REINOHL, W. PARKER REmoI-IL.

whereof I aflix my signature,

